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  1. Chicklady707

    Is this a prolapse or egg bound?

    I found this Whiting True Blue hen crouched in the corner this morning. She is about 1y and 9 months old. I soaked her backend in warm water (very dirty with feces and sawdust) and tried to push everything back in. I also used hydrocortisone cream. She just pushes everything back out. I...
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    What animal tracks are these in the snow?

    I found these tracks today along with a hole dug. The hole only goes until the concrete footing of the chicken coop (old milk house) and then stops. There is a picture with a footprint from one of the chickens next to the mysterious animal print for size comparison. I am not sure what animal...
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    Transitioning Feed (17 weeks)

    I have my first flock ever of 15 pullets and 1 cockerel that are 17 weeks today. I have been feeding them nonmedicated Purina Start and Grow crumbles. The bag states to feed until 18 weeks so I am trying to figure out what to switch to. There is a Farm Center nearby that mixes their own layer...
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    Nesting Box Height???

    My DH built nesting boxes for me today but I am worried they are too high off the floor of the coop at 3 feet. I don’t know if that will be too high for my pullets to fly up to use. The poop 💩 boards are at 3 feet with roosts above that so that is not an issue (there is a ramp for them to get...
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    Poop 💩 normal? Redness around eyes 👀!

    Does this poo look normal? 10-1/2 week cockerel🐓 This is the cockerel with the questionable poo 💩. Is the face redness normal? The buff Orpington and cuckoo Maran pullets above also have reddish faces. They are also 10-1/2 weeks
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    Chicken 🐓 scratch! (7 week old flock)

    Hello! Just curious if my flock is old enough to start feeding treats such as chicken scratch? I have been giving them mealworms, watermelon, strawberry 🍓 greens, grass clippings, frozen peas (thawed), carrot 🥕 peels, and cucumber 🥒 peels. I was thinking of purchasing a bag of chicken...
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    Chick 🐥 Peck my Son’s Eye 👁

    Has anyone ever heard of getting pecked in the eye by a chick/chicken? My almost 13yo son was sitting on a chair 🪑 in the coop with our 17 three-week-old chicks and the Buff Orpington sitting on my son’s leg pecked him in the eyeball 👁 as he was bending over to push in a horizontal nipple for...
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    Rose Chafer Bugs fed to Chicks 🐥

    I am very new to chickens and have 17 chicks that will be 3 weeks old on Monday, June 22, 2020. I was by my parents’ house and the kids and I saw all these bugs flying around some bushes. We collected them including some grasshoppers and fed them to the chicks. We must have had about 30-50...
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    Whole Unsalted Peanuts 🥜 with Shell

    Just curious if anyone ever feeds their flock whole unsalted peanuts 🥜 with the shell? I have never read too much about these as a treat so just wondering if they are too big/harmful for chickens 🐓
  10. Chicklady707

    Light 💡 or NO light?

    I purchased an EcoGlow 1200 brooder plate and I am wondering if my 🐥 will need a small (maybe 15 watt) nightlight? Do they need to be able to find their food and water at night in the beginning? For how long do I have a nightlight, if any? My 23 chicks are being delivered sometime the 1st week...
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    Roosts with Poop 💩 Board! Help!

    I am trying to design my roosts and would like to do the “poop board” about 8 inches underneath roost with sand/Sweet PDZ. How far from wall is sufficient so there are no poop 💩 streaks/splattering on the wall? How far from the ceiling should the roosts be? The old milk house I am converting...
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    Hello! I am new to CHICKENS 🐓!

    Hi, I live in Northeastern WI and my first adventure with chickens will begin the week of June 1, 2020. I ordered from Murray McMurray hatchery two pearl white leghorn, two Ameraucana, two Whiting true blue, four Whiting true Green, two Cuckoo Maran, two Buff Orphington, two black astralorp...
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